O’Connor’s ‘wee bit of class’ impresses McGuinness

One hopes Donegal’s Darach O’Connor didn’t have too much time to day-dream during his recently completed Leaving Cert. But, if he did, this was the type of day he surely contemplated.

You find yourself drafted in for an injured colleague — Karl Lacey, no less — and kick 1-2 from play. The goal is a beauty: a one-two and a delightful finish that snuffs out the dying embers of the opposition’s hopes and seals a place in the Ulster final.

Even the last act goes according to script with Jim McGuinness calling the teenager ashore 15 minutes from time to a thunderous, standing ovation from the Donegal patrons camped in the main stand.